Theodore Joseph Valerius

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Crookston, Minn., Aug. 13, 1892, of German parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted at Grand Forks on April 19, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to (date not given); Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps, to death. Grade: Sergeant, (date not given).

Leete Gladstone Van Syckle

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 4, 1892, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - merchant. Inducted at Grand Forks on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 53rd Depot Brigade, to death.

Harold E. Williams

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Blue Earth, Minn., June 24, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - bank clerk. Inducted at Devils Lake on June 4, 1918; Served in 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to June 19, 1918; Company G, Replacement Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, to death. Overseas from Aug. 23, 1918, to death.

John A. Winden

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Northwood, N. Dak., April 22, 1896, of American-Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company B, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 19, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Melvin Wisness

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Mekinock, D. T., April 29, 1887, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fort Benton, Mont., on Oct. 7, 1917. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 34th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to Oct. 13, 1917; 61st Company, 16th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to Nov. 8, 1917; Company C, 116th Field Battalion, Signal Corps, to Dec. 15, 1917; Company C, 2nd Field Battalion, Signal Corps, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, May 1, 1918. Overseas from Nov. 26, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St.

Clyde D. Axtell

Biography:

Registered Grant county. Born, Siloam Springs, Ark., Feb. 20, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Carson on Sept. 19, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery F, 338th Field Artillery, to Nov. 27, 1917; Battery B, 336th Field Artillery, to death.

Floyd Albert Cooper

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Fonda, Iowa, Sept. 13, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Omaha, Nebr., on July 25, 1918. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Aug. 21, 1918; Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., to Aug. 31, 1918; USS Wisconsin, to Oct. 12, 1918; USS Mercy, to death. Grade: Fireman 3rd Class, 81 days.